counteract

Other forms of counteract

past tense

counteracted·

present participle

counteracting·

third person

counteracts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about counteract

What does counteract mean?

counteract means "act in opposition to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in counteract?

counteract has 3 syllables: coun-te-ract. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊntɚˌækt/.

What is another word for counteract?

Close synonyms include antagonize, antagonise, countercheck, countervail, neutralize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is counteract a common word?

counteract is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with counteract?

5 words rhyme with counteract. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.